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Puccini in context
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- Online
Details
- Creator
- edited by Alexandra Wilson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023
- ©2023
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 292 pages) : illustrations
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781108891028, 1108891020, 9781108835589, 9781108812924, 9781108835589
- OCLC
- on1375292117
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Part I. Formative Influences. Forefathers and Teachers / Alexandra Wilson ; Contemporaries and Competitors / Richard Erkens ; Puccini's Women / Helen M. Greenwald -- Part II. Puccini's Places. Puccini's Tuscany / Axel Körner ; Puccini in Milan / Ditlev Rindom ; Puccini's Travels : Western Europe / Flora Willson ; Puccini's Travels : Central Europe / Richard Erkens ; Puccini the Long-Distance Traveller / Ellen Lockhart -- Part III. Influences and Interests. Musical Influences, Parallels and Borrowings / Nigel Simeone ; Italian Literature of Puccini's Day / Suzanne Stewart-Steinberg ; Drama and Acting in Puccini's Italy / Ditlev Rindom ; Puccini and Early Film / Christy Thomas Adams ; Puccini and Technology / Nigel Simeone -- Part IV. Bringing Puccini to the Stage. Puccini's Librettists / Helen M. Greenwald ; Music Publishing in Puccini's Italy / Christy Thomas Adams ; Puccini's Theatrical Vision / Helen M. Greenwald ; Puccini's Singers / Hilary Poriss ; Puccini's Conductors / Arnold Jacobshagen -- Part V. Image and Reputation. Puccini in Pictures / Alessandra Palidda ; Puccini's Italian Critics / Memorialisation and Biography / Arnold Jacobshagen -- Part VI. Puccini through a Political Lens. Puccini and Religion / Andrew Holden ; Puccini and Politics / Ben Earle ; Gender Politics in Puccini's Operas / Flora Willson ; The Racial Politics of Madama Butterfly and Turandot / Kunio Hara -- Part VII. Interpreting Puccini. Editing Puccini / Ditlev Rindom ; Puccini on Video / Emanuele Senici ; Interpreting Puccini on Stage and on Disc / Hugo Shirley ; Producing Puccini Today / David Levin -- Part VIII: Legacy. Puccini's Legacy, Influence and Meaning / Leon Botstein ; Puccini in Popular Culture / John Snelson ; Puccini and the canon / Alexandra Wilson